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October 28, 2010

Oh....my....goodness. Eloise is soooo cute. How did I get such a cute baby? I just want to bury my face into her cheeks. And I love the way she smells. And her hair is so soft. Okay. Okay. Enough about Eloise.

With Eloise being so little around Halloween I realized that this year was possibly the only time in my life when I would be able to sew a cute sock monkey costume. I originally bought what I thought was sock monkey material, at least it looked like sock monkey material, online. But when I came in the mail it was cotton weave fabric with a sock monkey design. That's stupid. So I really didn't know what I was going to do.Eloise is so little that I thought maybe I could sew a couple Fox River Mills socks together. But I'd have to buy it online AND time was running out. So yesterday I went to the thrift store and searched for a sweater that looked like the Fox River Mills material. It actually wasn't that hard. See below. Maybe I lucked out but I only had to stop at one place, The Salvation Army. All I looked for was mixed brown and off white woven knit sweater. I also found a cream colored sweater for the feet and hands.I then used an infant pajama pattern, tweaked it a bit and came up with this. Sock monkey Eloise! She actually doesn't like it that much though. She likes to suck on her fingers and the costume keeps her from doing that. We're taking the girls out tonight to go Trick or Treating. I hope she holds up.

One year my youngest stepdaughter was "Babyzilla" (wish I had a pic handy, hilarious). Her mom made this awesome green costume and she had her hands covered too (with little white felt claws attached, no less). Her mom modified the "glove" parts to be folded over so she could get her hands out if she needed to. Funny thing was she didn't even try. If it's chilly out, Eloise may want to keep her hands cozy too. :)

My daughter has talked about her son being a sock monkey for a couple of years, but instead he's been a turtle, the little boy from Where the Wild Things Are, and this year, a wild boar. Maybe next year can be a sock monkey, but he'll be 3 so I'll have to find a BIG sweater.This is adorable and I would love to squeeze those sweet cheeks after I kiss all the sweetness out!

Eloise was a really good sport tonight! And she was a super cute and squishy sock monkey:) I loved how Grace kept announcing to everyone that she was getting an extra piece of candy "for the sock monkey."

LOVE THIS! Wow, I can't believe you just used a couple sweaters you found second-hand! They look perfect!!!

I may have to make a cosutme like this for me little one. And I love how you're all ga-ga over your baby... snuggle her cheeks, how her hair is so soft. I think those exact same thoughts many many times each day. And she is totally adorable.

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A blog by an artsy craftsy, penny pinching, party planning, playdating,
fashion finding, sci-fi loving, stay at home mother of three little
girls *and one little boy who always keeps her sewing machine plugged in and loves all
things charming.